Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:53:37 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Phil Davis Subject: RFI: MD's 2003 Wandering American White Pelicans Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed MD_Ospreyers: I'm working on the MD/DC Records Committee files and would like to throw out a request to see if there are any more reports or outstanding documentation on this year's American White Pelicans that roamed the coastal plain. Date Number Locations Observer(s) 05/12/2003 5 birds Indian Head/Potomac River/Charles Co E. Wilson 05/14/2003 5 birds Indian Head/Potomac River/Charles Co E. Wilson 06/11-~6/18/2003 1 bird Nottingham/Hall Creek/Patuxent River/PG Co G. Kearns/M Callahan 10/08/2003 5 birds Easton/Easton WWTP/Talbot Co J Morrin 10/09/2003 5 birds Easton/Waverly & Waverly Is Rds/Talbot Co H Steilkie 10/10/2003 5 birds Tilghman/Knapps Narrows/Talbot Co fide J Reese 10/11-10/24/2003 5 birds Poplar Island/Talbot Co fide J Reese/L Roslund 10/14/2003 5 birds Poplar Island/Talbot Co C Swarth ?? 5 birds Easton/Rt 50/Talbot Co (Easton Newspaper - 10/31) 10/30/2003 5 birds Bombay Hook NWR/DE L Roslund 11/29/2003 9 birds Assateague Is/Sinepatuxent Bay/Worcester Co Joe/Jane Hanfman Please note that the only reports that include reviewable documentation are the two Erika Wilson reports, a Greg Kearns photo, and the Joe/Jane Hanfman report. Please let me know if anyone else had other sightings and, especially, if any photos or field notes exist. Thanks. Phil =================================================== Phil Davis, Secretary MD/DC Records Committee 2549 Vale Court Davidsonville, Maryland 21035 USA 301-261-0184 mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com MD/DCRC Web site: http://www.MDBirds.org/mddcrc/rcindex.html =================================================== ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================